Entomofauna, ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ENTOMOLOGIE VOL 0017-0245-0256

To a study of asiatic Lasiocampidae3. Short taxonomic notes on Paralebeda AURIVILLIUS, 1894(Lepidoptera)VADIM V. ZOLOTUHIN

Abstract4 species are recognized up-to-date as members of Paralebeda AURIVILLIUS, 1894. Paralebedaplagifera sensu Hou 1983 and 1987 is attributed to Paralebeda femorata (MENETRIES, 1858);Paralebeda plagifera sensu CHANG 1989 and KISHIDA 1992 to Paralebeda femorata mirabilis ssp.nov. (LT: Taiwan). Paralebeda femorata karmata ssp. nov. is described from Himalaya and NEPakistan. The next taxonomic changes are accepted in the crinodes I uniformis complex: 'uniformis

IntroductionSome questions and problems dealing with the Interpretation of taxonomic statusesand distribution of sole taxa are still open in spite of three attempts to revise the membersofthat small genus (DE LAJONQUIERE 1980; HOLLOWAY 1982, 1987). For decision ofthese problems this article is devoted.At present, genus Paralebeda AURTVILLIUS, 1894 consists of five asiatic species.HOLLOWAY (1987: 22) also noted, that there is an as yet undescribed species from Luzonbut in reality there are about four undescribed species from Indonesia and Philippines.Their descriptions will be published soon after in a separate paper.This article is arranged in three parts dealing with different species or specificcomplexes. The author has to note that this division is artificial and adopted only for theaims of this article.The following abbreviations are accepted in the text for a designation of the museums vvherethe material is deposited: NHMK = Naturhistorisches Museum, Karlsruhe; ZFMK = ZoologischesForschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander KOENIG, Bonn; ZISP = Zoological Institute of TheRussian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg; BMNH = The Natural History Museum, London;ZSM = Zoologische Staatssamlung, München; MWM = Museum Th. WITT, München; MNHNP= Musdum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Male: Inner part of forewing's medial zone without obvious hump-like projection,rounded broadly and looks like those of plagifera. Loop top rounded. No Single or, asexception, one small white vein present in the loop. Top of aedoeagus flattened weaklyand teethed strongly (figs 2; 4 C). Wingspan 70-72 mm, forewing length 37-38 mm.Female: Similar to a male but larger, medial loop of its forewings also larger and thehump-like projection of its inner border more expressed. Wingspan of the paratype 104mm, forewing length 48 mm.

Distribution: North-eastern Pakistan, Northern India, Nepal, South-eastem China. Onemale from Tadjikistan, Dushanbe, Tsuljanazar, 12.VI.1966 is kept in the collection ofNHMK. This labe) is doubtful in the author's opinion so it is not included in the typeseries. A montainous subspecies.

3. Paralebeda crinodes (FELDER, 1868)Opsirhina crinodes FELDER, 1868, Reise Novara, Lep. 2: 7, pl. 84, fig. 3. Locus typicus:eironeously pointed to be Guyana. By HOLLOWAY (1987: 22) proposed to be Java or Bali.Holotype: $ (BMNH).Here this species is considered as to be consisting of three subspecies: nominative onefrom Java and Bali; ssp. uniformis (HOLLOWAY, 1976) comb. nov. from Borneo, Sumatra,Philippines, peninsular Malaysia and paos ssp. nov. Uniformis is accepted here as asubspecies of crinodes because it has only few small distinguishing characters in wingpattem and coloration that cannot be considered as a sign of a specific rank for membersof this genus.3.1. Paralebeda crinodes paos ssp. nov.(colour plate, figs 7 S, 8 $ )Holotype: Paratype: 1 , the same data (ZFMK).Male: Body and backgroung of wings sandy-brown. Upper part of medial loop of theforewings brown; apical silver-blue touch distinct; contrast sandy-yellow spots arepresented through all the wing. Wingspan 62 mm. Male genitalia (fig. 5): as illustrated,similar to those of other subspecies.Female: With more bright and contrast colouration, very similar to females of crinodesand uniformis. Wingspan 87 mm. Female genitalia were not studied.1

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Diagnosis: Differs from the males of other subspecies as follows:Background of forewings sandy-brown; lower part of medial loop darker than thewing's background; larger (male wingspan 62 mm). HongkongParalebeda crinodes paos ssp. nov.Background of forewings sandy-grey or sandy-brownish; lower part of medialloop not darker than background; smaller (50-58 mm)2Medial

Biology and praeimaginal phases are unknown.Distribution: At present it is known only from the type-locality, but perhaps isdistributed wider in adjoining regions of China and Northern Vietnam.The last hitherto known species of this genus, Paralebeda lucifuga (SWINHOE, 1892),well differs from other species by small size and by plagifera-\ike pattern of theforewings. It inhabits lowland forests of Sundaland [Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines(Palawan), Bali] and peninsular Malaysia north to middle Thailand. A note by Hou (1988)on a presence of this species in Xizang belongs most probably to Paralebeda plagiferaand should be confirmed.252